The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-19
conav.Price Makes a Big Stride.

IT will be interesting to Salt Lakers to
learn that a Salt Lake girl, Geneva
Price was selected to create the leading
role in Mackaye,s new play of Anarchys
which has lately received attention from
all the big papers of the country. Miss
Price plays under the name OF Gene
We've Tvtton. We'fnd the following in
Nvm Cfvnkle's weekly, Feuilleton in the
beiieve Mr.. Sanger tried to secure |
| Annie Robe for the heroine IN Steele |
Wsckaye's play of Anarchy. There was |
q great deal of sagacity IN that attempt,
and If probably originated IN Mackaye's
discriminating brain. But sne Wanteu
$500 a week, from which infer that tne
/ heautiful and intellectual head is
prematurely enlarged; ,,:D
i Which is great shame. MISS hooe
is h. no means Rachel yet. but 'Wnen
III saw Anarchy played last week IN
Ruff4Io regretted very much that she
had not been in the roie OF Dlanne LOT
, her own sake. The performance neeoso
inst the one touch of feminine power
that she would have given 1t.
very charming actress, MISS
Geneyieye Lytton, had been selected 10
. NAV the part. Here it was that
l9nersonaI charm" as Mr.. MacKaye
nSrases it oyercame all objections. she
/ must have been selected on account VI
her appearance.
:. Alas! how much the masculine JUG
:, ment has to answer for to art III ihaSins
= these decisions. Miss Lytton nao ~
record-at least none that warranted
This experiment with an almost tragic
e role Rut when she walked on IN the
4 frst act as Dianne she was literally
dream of beauty. l don't remember
re ANYTHING of late years that has mace
n such deep and instant impression OF
er the eve as did that woman IN her dreamy
IS directory dress and her misty hat, tina
e seemed to be woven of cobwebs. INT
II general understanding was that she mac
lie Hoated on thistledown fashion. Wnei
She removed the cloudy hat, and he
Greek head and shoulders appeared IL
profile. she locked like Helen OF Troy
A single red rosebud burnt IN her nan
ut She was draped like Proseplne' anu al
IN more ethereal, classic vision we all tel
:. had BOT been seen ouIsIde VI Ano4 "-O
/ sens atelier.
ge Rut that was nearly all there was I
ell it. Everybody began 20 forgive her 10
t. not being able to act the part OF Dlann'
a She was lust too sweet for anything
nd even for utterance.
u But it was utterance that the pla
nd called for.
Ter What a lot of sins these persons
ed charmers will have to answer Tor vine
50. things come to be adjusted. How man
tie playwrights, managers, critics, aud
ences, will rise up against them an
ew say, You made US lie, you know yo
j did. We swore by your art when
ca were thinking of the curve OF yo'
rye neck; we talked of your possibiliti
In when we were dreaming OF ,yo'
Dir, physique; we were dazed. confused, d
rus iuded, and you did it with your lit
ra- rosebud in your lustrous hair.
the All these actresses of personal char
M must have great horror of the 9th
II. world seeing that they will be diser
81. bodied in it.
the Can you in your widest spiritual m
md ments conceive of disembodied Ian
by try? will give any prize you nal
son for a disembodied Mary Anderso
hts Picture it, think of it, dissolute ma
of You can't.